Ooooh… ahh…. shiny….

We know that lots of folks listen every week, and we know that many of you are also awesome enough to tag great content for us to talk about in every show. We’re social – we’re on Facebook, we’re on Twitter, we’re on FriendFeed, we love to get comments here on the blog or via email.

We can never get enough feedback, though – so here’s the deal. We’ve got stickers and minicards to share with our friends, and this week we want to send a few to people who “delurk” or “decloak” and get more involved. We’ll pool the names of the folks who tag, comment, email and tweet us this week, and before the show in a couple of weeks (August 21st) we’ll apply complicated randomisation algorithms in order to select a few… let’s say that ten listeners who contribute will receive coveted Dogear Nation swag items[1].

What kind of feedback do we want? Anything you want to share about the show! Constructive criticism is accepted just as much as appreciative remarks. Let’s have some discussion around here. Here are a few ideas:

• what do you like about the show? what could we improve? what topics would you like us to talk more (or less) about?
• do you listen via the blog, via iTunes, or using another podcatcher? why do you choose that method?
• what would you like to see us add to the site? we’re revamping the About page (slowly!), what do you think we need to add over there?
• have you reviewed us on iTunes yet? let us know!
• how long have you been listening? how did you find out about the show?
• is there anyone you’d like us to have on / have back as a guest?
• do you tag for us yet? if not, why not?
• which is your favourite Michael? (obviously, there’s only one Andy, so it’s a given that he’s your overall favourite…)
• have you had a favourite show, joke, or bad impression done by one of the hosts this year?
• feel the need to tweet or blog about us to spread the word about what you think about the show? drop us a link to your content!

We’ll be monitoring the interwebs more closely than usual between now and a couple of hours before the show recording on August 21st, so do get involved. The only “condition”[2] is that we will need some way of contacting you should your name come up. This will probably be via Twitter or email from one of the hosts, so it will certainly help to leave a comment on the blog (you can include and hide your email address in the comment form) or follow us on Twitter (so we can DM you).

[1] The small print: not everyone will necessarily receive the same items. Be aware that these are simple and small tokens of our appreciation to our listeners, not items of massive value, although in 100 years’ time your children’s children will probably find they are worth… pennies.
[2] Additional conditions: this is not a Twitter hashtag spam contest, we are not #squarespace or #moonfruit. Unwrap before eating. Burn before reading. Now go away, or we shall taunt you a second time!

Thanks to all who tagged this week, sorry we couldn’t get to all of your tags. Gypsychk, cjhazard, epredator, kiambogo, archatechoem, crwmn, lx5, jtonline, duckboxxer, richmans, kabren, kkganesan, and wideawakewesley.

What’s Cool
Andy — Moovie Mania and Mooseum
Michael R — Berlin wall grafitti animation
Michael M — Portable Tailgate (via gypsychk)
Chris — Braid – The Game (cjhazard)

Obligatory 3-D Internet
GI Joe Rise of Cobra (epredator)
New Platform-Dubit (epredator)
Economist life in virtual reality after all (kiambogo)

Tech-no-tronic
Microsoft FAST search (archatechoem)
Synch all your devices (crwmn, lx5)
Techno-culutural snobbery (gypsychk)
New Barcodes (jtonline)

Mac-a-rooni
I quit – the iPhone (duckboxxer)
Do You See the new Invisible iPhone (jtonline)
Is Apple Big Brother (rickmans)
Apple Is Growing Rotten (kabren, Kkganesan)

Final thoughts
Andy — Alien – Prequel
Michael R — Guitar rock tour
Michael M — Facebook, Who you know, Twitter, What you know
Chris — Retrograde the Game

Find Chris at
Achron Game
NC State

Wanted to get to…
Social Networkin’
Spam filter for twitter (duckboxxer)
Government Twitter Guidelines (kevinaires)
Using twitter during conferences (rickmans)
Viral Wedding Video (wideawakewesley)

Bonus Links
Aura

Show Tags

What’s Cool?
Andy — Radio interview on RSS
Michael R — Triangle tweetup
Michael M — Meatloaf And Fonts from Route 66

Obligatory 3D Internet
Space Invaders! (epredator)
Star Trek Q&A in PlayStation Home (epredator)
Iron man 2 movie picture
pwned like a n00b (Michael R)
Virtual Travel (Michael R)

List of lists
Top 50 iPhone apps for MBAers (lx5)
Top 50 cities (lx5)
25 technologies that refuse to die (lx5)

Social Networkin’
Twitter Quitters (heidigoseek)
Interviews via Twitter (epredator)
What are Friends for? (Andy Piper)
Your friends friends (kiambogo)

Final thoughts
Michael M visible tweets
Andy P Moo.com now in the US! Will be in vegas next week for Impact (check out southpark video)
Michael R Coolest site on creating interesting stuff — LED panel tables (Steven H)

Bonus Links
make a book (heidigoseek)
IBM could be in Jeopardy! (lbenitez3000)
Sock Puppets of the World Unite! (Andy Piper)
Dickensian-izing urls (Andy Piper)
evite for twitter! (Andy Piper)

Show Links
Random Stuff
Solar Lawn Mower
Matrix on Windows
Google Chrome for Mac
Mindomo

Browsin’ away
MACE classification browser (dbartek)
Blue Spruce (duckboxxer)
Setting Government Data free

Mac-a-rooni
iPhone beamme
Iphone Tethering
Nike+iPod social networking

Tag-a-rooni
All Tech Considered
FlickrNation
Bluehoo
Feelings Felt Moo cards (andypiper)
Generatus (andypiper)

Obligatory 3-D Internet
Tonight Live (Boris In Wonderland)

Final Thoughts
Matt S — Plug for Sweettt
Michael R — Time to Play some WoW!
Michael M — IBM’s prediction Market

Dogear Nation MiniCards

Originally uploaded by andyp uk

I’m at Web 2.0 Expo in Berlin this week… and premiering the new Dogear Nation MiniCards. Should be a report from me on the show this coming Friday, if we can hook it all together.